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The women's event was a much later addition, being first contested at the 2000 Olympics. The Olympic records are 84.80 m (278 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) for men, set by Sergey Litvinov in 1988, and 82.29 m (269 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Anita Włodarczyk in 2016.
While the men's hammer throw has been part of the Olympics since 1900, the International Association of Athletics Federations did not start ratifying women's marks until 1995. Women's hammer throw was first included in the Olympics at the 2000 summer games in Sydney, Australia, after having been included in the World Championships a year earlier.
The men's hammer throw was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes from 19 nations. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. In this Olympics, the Unified Team comprised some of the republics of the former Soviet Union.
For the men's hammer throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 78.20 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
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Before he fought back from being impaled by a javelin to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, Elija Godwin admits he wasn’t an obedient patient. He’d wait until his mom left for work and the ...
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's hammer throw, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 78.65 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
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